Active Directory Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Microsoft Active Directory
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Active Directory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 20 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +8
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 4 5 22
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 5.26% 4.81% 12.57%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 50.00% 81.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 19
10th Percentile - £187 £113
25th Percentile £173 £200 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £330 £674
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -51.04% +12.33%
75th Percentile £300 - £675
90th Percentile £345 - £700
Devon median daily rate £275 £330 £674
% change year-on-year -16.67% -51.04% +12.52%

All System Software Skills
Exeter

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6 10 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 7.89% 9.62% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 24
10th Percentile - £198 £113
25th Percentile £173 £330 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £465 £674
Median % change year-on-year -62.37% -31.06% +12.60%
75th Percentile £275 £600 £675
90th Percentile £335 £600 £700
Devon median daily rate £275 £600 £674
% change year-on-year -54.17% -11.04% +58.70%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Exeter

Active Directory
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Active Directory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in Exeter

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Exeter over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in Exeter

Active Directory
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Active Directory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware